Google Apps

Knowing your user’s location is useful information in many applications we develop and use today. There are a lot of popular location-based applications out there that are making our lives easier, as well as changing the way that we use these services. An example is the wildly popular application Foursquare, where users who frequent to an establishment and “check in” often win discounts. Uber, which helps you get a ride from your mobile phone at a lower rate than a normal taxi. The list is large and still growing.

Google, like most major email providers, actively works to combat forged email, spam, and scam email. For the most part, their defenses work. Open your Gmail spam folder to see the Google spam fighting team’s work. The vast majority of email there will be spam.

If a legitimate email somehow ends up in spam, select the email, then mark it as “Not Spam”. (This is what’s known as a false positive.) Conversely, if a spam email somehow ends up in your Inbox, select the email, and then mark it as “Spam”. Your changes help improve Gmail’s spam filters. Continue reading →